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The VaMP driverless car was one of the first autonomous cars along with its twin vehicle, the VITA-2. They were able to drive in heavy traffic for long distances without human intervention, using computer vision to recognize rapidly moving obstacles such as other cars, and automatically avoid and pass them. The VaMP was constructed by the team of Ernst Dickmanns at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich and Mercedes-Benz in the 1990s as part of the 800 million ECU EUREKA Prometheus Project on autonomous vehicles (1987–1995¹). It was a Mercedes 500 SEL re-engineered to control steering wheel, throttle, and brakes through computer commands based on real-time evaluation of image sequences. Software translated sensory data into appropriate driving commands. Due to the limited computing power of the time, sophisticated computer vision strategies were necessary to react in real time. The Dickmanns team solved the problem through an innovative approach to dynamic computer vision. Attention control including artificial saccadic movements of the platform carrying the cameras allowed the system to focus its attention on the most relevant details of the visual input. Four cameras with two different focal lengths for each hemisphere were used in parallel for this purpose.…

Vamp most commonly refers to: Vamp (shoe), the upper part of a shoe Vamp (woman), a seductress or femme fatale; derived from "vampire" Vamp (music), a repeating musical figure or accompaniment Vamp or vamps may also refer to: ==Science and technology== Value Added Information Medical Products (VAMP), former name of the General Practice Research Database Vesicle-associated membrane protein, a family of proteins The VAMP regimen, a chemotherapy regimen for the treatment of low-risk childhood Hodgkin lymphoma Project Vamp, a U.S. Navy hydrologic survey V.A.M.P. (G.I. Joe), a toy vehicle ===Vehicles=== Venus Atmospheric Maneuverable Platform (VAMP), an inflatable robotic aircraft for Venus VaMP, the first autonomous car that drove long distances in traffic "Vamps", short for De Havilland Vampire plane in Rhodesia ==Music== Vamp (band), Norwegian folk music band formed in 1990 Vamps (band), Japanese rock band formed in 2008 Vamps (album), the 2009 self-titled debut album of the Japanese band The Vamps (Australian band), formed in 1965 The Vamps (British band), a band formed in 2012 DJ Yung Vamp (born 1995), a Belgian DJ and record producer Vamp (album), a 1996 album by Akina Nakamori Vamp (Magnolia Park album), 2025 ==Characters== Vamp (comics), a character in the Marvel series Captain America and Deadpool Vamp (Gobots), a character from Gobots Vamp, a character in the Metal Gear series Elsie "Vamp", a main character in the comic series Fangs ==Film, television and theatre== Vamp (film), 1986 vampire film Vamps (film), 2012 horror-comedy film Vamp (TV series), a Brazilian telenovela The Vamp, a 1955 musical comedy The Vamp (film), a lost 1918 silent film wartime comedy-drama Theda Bara (1885–1955), American silent film actress nicknamed "The Vamp" Ivana Vamp, Italian drag queen ==Other== Vamp (firefighter), a slang term for a volunteer firefighter in the United States Vamp Creek, a river in Manitoba, Canada Vamp Building, a building in Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S. Seattle Vamps, a women's ice hockey team Vamp!, a light novel series by Ryōgo Narita Vamps (comics), a limited comic book series by Elaine Lee and William Simpson ==See also== Vampire (disambiguation) Vampirella, a fictional character

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